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Chapter 1018 The Best Family 145
It is no wonder that these princes had the idea of ​​killing the emperor. When they saw their brothers of the same age dying of natural causes one by one, fear forced them to take action.

They thought that if they took action, there was still a chance. If they didn't, after they died, their branch would definitely have no chance. After all, if there was already a prince, no one would pass the throne to his grandson.

Historically, when the crown prince died, it would be difficult for his son to become emperor, not to mention that they were just ordinary princes, not crown princes. If they died, how could their sons have the qualifications to compete with their uncles for the throne?

Of course, they would not be stupid enough to force the emperor to abdicate directly. After all, that would give them a bad reputation. So they decided to poison the emperor secretly. In this way, when the emperor died, it would be considered as death from illness, and they would not have to worry about their reputation.

But how could Linlang let them succeed?

If the emperor had endangered Linlang, then Linlang might have just stood by and watched, but now that the emperor was alive, it was obviously a good thing for Linlang, so how could Linlang sit back and watch him get killed?

The emperor would ask her about government affairs so that she could slowly plan the court and let those ministers who, even if not biased towards him, could at least remain neutral, come to key positions and slowly replace those who sided with the other princes and had dirty hands - for those who had clean hands but sided with other princes, Linlang would not get rid of them just for the sake of her children's future succession. Innocent people should not be killed indiscriminately. This is a bottom line issue.

But there is no need to worry about there being too many people who cannot be dealt with, which will affect her plan. After all, these days, there are few people with clean hands and feet. In this way, those with clean hands and feet can stay and it will not affect the overall situation.

In this way, while the emperor is alive, it is convenient for her to continue her plans. If the emperor is dead, it will not be easy to let her child take the throne now. Although with her means, she can definitely take the throne, it will be much more troublesome. It is better to wait until the emperor lives longer and it is better to wait until key positions are filled with neutral officials.

So, when some princes and concubines were planning to kill the emperor by poisoning or accidental death, Linlang directly told the emperor the news in secret.

When the emperor saw this, he naturally became furious and killed the prince on the spot.

Although before, because of the fighting among the princes, more and more princes died, which led to the emperor not killing his sons very often, for fear of killing too many and having no offspring. So at most they would be demoted to commoners. Anyway, the ones being beaten were other sons and concubines, not him, so he didn't feel deeply and didn't care.

But now, he was hit on the head and he felt the pain, so he naturally couldn't bear it. Even if he had fewer sons, he would still kill them.

Anyway, many of his sons died of old age, and he now has many children and grandchildren. In other words, he has many descendants and doesn't care about killing one or two sons.

So seeing that these sons actually wanted to kill him, naturally he would not show any mercy.

Of course, the main reason was that he was afraid that if he didn't kill his sons ruthlessly, his other sons would follow suit, and his life would be in danger. After all, a thief can steal for a thousand days, but you can't guard against thieves for a thousand days.

However, considering that they were his descendants, he did not execute the entire family. He only killed his son, daughter-in-law and their mother. As for his grandchildren, as long as the investigation proved that they were true and had not participated in the murder of him, he spared their lives and at most imprisoned them in Huai'en Palace.

After killing two princes, the other princes were frightened and dared not move. Since no one dared to kill the emperor, the emperor's life span was naturally as long as before.

When the emperor was in his seventies, there were only a few adult princes left. This was because after Linlang's son was born, the emperor, probably because of his old age, made the number of women pregnant in the harem decrease, and even fewer were born and grew to adulthood. Perhaps because of his old age, the quality of his sperm was not good, and the quality of the children he gave birth to was also poor. In addition, the environment in the palace was poor, with frequent fighting, so few survived.

Many of those older than Linlang's children died. After all, Linlang's children were all over 30 years old, not to mention the others. In this case, how many princes were left alive?

Among these princes, Linlang's son obviously has the most advantages. Firstly, Linlang is favored, and secondly, Linlang's son is better than other princes.

So when the emperor was in his seventies and had suffered a severe cold, he made Linlang's son the crown prince.

The reason why princes older than Linlang's son were not considered was mainly because there were only two princes older than Linlang's son, and those two behaved quite badly when the emperor had a severe cold - they thought the emperor was going to die, and they were extremely happy. They moved around everywhere, contacted the guards and the eunuchs around the emperor, and planned to rush into the palace as soon as the emperor died, control the court, and then forge a will to let them ascend the throne.

As a result, the emperor did not die and recovered from his severe cold. After learning these things, he was naturally furious.

Although these people, unlike the beasts he had killed before, intended to kill him, when he had a severe cold, not only did they not hope for his recovery, they actually hoped for his death. How could the emperor not be angry?

The older people get, the more they fear death, and naturally they can't bear to see others wishing them dead.

He immediately scolded them for not looking like human beings, put them both in solitary confinement, and then, in accordance with the order of precedence, he made Linlang's son the crown prince.

Linlang's son had a high-ranking mother, and when he was sick, she just took care of him obediently, but did not hope for his death. This naturally made the old emperor happy, so it was normal for him to make Linlang's son the crown prince.

Look at the emperor making Linlang's son the crown prince. Although everyone in the former dynasty and the harem accepted the emperor's decision, after all, Linlang's son had a mother who had a high status, which showed that he was of high birth. And he also performed well when the emperor was ill, unlike those princes who were older than Linlang's son, who performed too badly. Therefore, making him the crown prince was correct in every way.

But that was only on the surface. Secretly, naturally no prince or concubine agreed with this decision. In their opinion, they were all princes. Why could Linlang's son be the crown prince but they couldn't?
So when everyone saw Linlang's son was made the crown prince, they instantly had a target to attack, thinking that as long as Linlang's son died, the throne would be theirs.

It can be said that these people were afraid of Linlang's strange methods before and did not dare to do anything to Linlang's son. But now that the emperor has made Linlang's son the crown prince, it is too late if they don't fight for it. They can't care about Linlang's methods either. Thinking about so many people besieging him, can Linlang take care of them one by one?

Of course, they were wrong. Linlang could really take care of everyone, so it was best for these people not to take action, otherwise, they might end up dead.

If you just stay quiet and don't do anything, when Linlang's son comes to power in the future, he can become a prince or a duke, which is not bad at all, and is better than being dealt with by others.